Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 5

• CTA gets $2M for feasibility study on reopening Racine Green Line station in West Englewood (Block Club)
• Glowacz and Joravsky discuss alder's statements on the pros and cons of the Red Line extension TIF (ICG)
• Letter: Instead of raising fares to address CTA's fiscal cliff, reallocate money from highway projects (Tribune)
• CPD: Suspect dead after 3 people attempted carjacking at Lake/Wabash and owner struck 'L' pillar (ABC)
• New photos show car involved in fatal 2020 hit-and-run crash in South Chicago Heights (WGN)
• Milwaukee Ave. near Grayland Station, where 2 bike riders were killed, won’t reopen for another 2 months (Block Club)
• With only about 7 miles of curb protection added to bike lanes in 2022, CDOT fell short of its goal (Daily Line)

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